June 20th

June 20, 2011

Friends and family packed the West Point High School gymnasium Friday afternoon as over 300 cheerleaders performed various dance routines and cheers at the West Point Junior Cheerleaders summer day camp.

In all roughly 320 girls from grades K-3 to 6 worked one-on-one with several of the junior varsity and varsity cheerleaders throughout the week all in preparation to perform in front of a large crowd.

It was obvious how hard they worked judging by the enormous round of
applause.

June 16th

June 16, 2011

Over a dozen West Point High School football players got in a few extra reps this week when they attended the second annual NFL High School Player Developmental Camp held at Itawamba Community College in Fulton.

The Green Wave, mostly freshmen and sophomores, got a chance to showcase their skills in front of area coaches and players over the four-day camp hosted by the ICC football staff. But it wasnâ€™t all just about football.

June 15, 2011

New Athletic Director, and assistant girlâ€™s basketball coach Gary Vaughan says heâ€™s excited about the new season and the promise the team has shown under new head coach and headmaster William Cotton.

â€śWe just came back from a camp at Washington School, (Greenville), and we were able to win the tournament on the last day of the camp,â€ť he said. â€śWeâ€™re very proud of that. The girls have come a long way.â€ť

June 10th

June 10, 2011

West Point High Schoolâ€™s baseball program continued their summer league Thursday night at the high school with both teams in action.
Team one swung the bats well in what assistant coach Blake Hutchison called the best theyâ€™ve played all summer after sweeping Columbus 6-4 and 10-2.
â€śWe didnâ€™t hit the ball particular well in game one,â€ť Hutchison said. â€śBut we had solid pitching and good defense.â€ť

June 10, 2011

David McElwain is pretty good at tennis. The West Point native is slowing becoming one of the rising junior tennis players in the state.

Currently ranked fifth in the state by tennisrecruiting.com, the 15-year has had plenty of success this year, including his recent win at the Starkville Junior Open in May defeating Austin Paulding, 6-3, 7-6.

Right now he has least ten tournament victories under his belt. The Starkville tournament fielded about a dozen, but McElwain says the bigger tournaments can host as many as 30.

June 10, 2011

Greenville native Billy Brozovich takes a breather during round two of the 96th Mississippi State Amateur Golf Championship Friday at Old Waverly Golf Course. The Ole Miss Rebel carded a 68 in round one, and is currently -2 on the day and -6 for the championship.

June 10, 2011

In case you didn't notice , the West Point Parks and Recreation Department have started a transformation for all city parks in a new effort to bring more energy, and athletes back to the local parks and it started with the tennis courts.

Local leaders and tennis enthusiasts couldn't decide on whether to expand the courts or not.

Parks director James Crowley says it was a project he wanted to take on when he took the job about five years ago.